Los Alamitos has stepped up its contest game. On Saturday, Los Al will host the biggest contest in its history.
“We’re offering five seats to the 2017 NHC in this event, up from the two seats per contest that we had offered in previous events," said contest director Orlando Gutierrez. "We are hoping for a nice turnout and a tremendous contest."

Joe Pettit was the star in the Daily Racing Form contest universe on Saturday, annexing both a seat to the National Handicapping Championship on NHCQualify.com and a berth in Santa Anita's Preakness Challenge on DRFQualify.com.

On Sunday, DRFQualify.com is offering another opportunity to win into the Monmouth Pick Your Prize contest. Buy-in is $210 and up to two $2,000 seats, plus $500 in travel, will be offered. The contest has a very favorable ratio for players with one prize package awarded for every 14 entries.

Dan Shugar is on his way back to the National Handicapping Championship after an excellent performance on NHCQualify.com last weekend. The 49-year-old Los Angeles business owner finished second in the field of 240 on the back of six winners, the longest of which was Sheer Drama ($18.80) in the Grade 1 Madison Stakes at Keeneland.

The current Daily Racing Form contest schedule includes qualifiers for both the $4,500 Santa Anita Preakness Challenge and the $2,000 Monmouth Pick Your Prize contest. These events allow players who aren’t as experienced with live-bankroll events to win in for a fraction of the contest buy-ins (this upcoming weekend’s qualifiers on DRFQualify.com are priced at $210).